Ron Ripple
PhD

Mervin Bovaird Professor of Energy Business and Finance
Collins College of Business
School of Energy Economics, Policy and Commerce, School of Finance, Operations Management and International Business
Helmerich Hall 309A
918-631-3659ron-ripple@utulsa.eduCurriculum Vitae [PDF]

Biography

Dr. Ronald D. Ripple is the Mervin Bovaird Professor of Energy Business and Finance in the School of Energy Economics, Policy, and Commerce in the Collins College of Business at The University of Tulsa. Ron took up his current position lecturing in the TU Master of Energy Business Program in 2013 after spending nearly fourteen years in Australia, with another year in Hong Kong. Dr. Ripple has studied oil and natural gas markets for over 34 years, getting his start in the Office of the Governor of Alaska. He wrote his PhD dissertation on Alaska North Slope natural gas, and recently authored a chapter on the Geopolitics of Australia Natural Gas Development for the joint Harvard-Rice Geopolitics of Natural Gas Study. In between these two studies, Ron has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, trade press articles, and reports, typically focusing on oil and natural gas markets and the financial derivatives markets that support them.

Working Papers

Ripple, Ronald. “Is the U.S. West Coast Petroleum Industry Integrated with the Global Market?” School of Finance and Business Economics Working paper series, Edith Cowan University, 2000. Print.

Ripple, Ronald. “Income and Energy in the East Indian Ocean Basin.” School of Finance and Business Economics Working paper Series, Edith Cowan University, 1999. Print.

Ripple, Ronald, and . “Is the World Oil Market ‘One Great Pool’?: Revisited, Again.” School of Finance and Business Economics Working Paper Series, Edith Cowan University, 1999. Print.

Ripple, Ronald, and Y Cheung. “Privatized Public Utlity Pricing and the Implications of Subsidies and Uncertainty.” School of Finance and Business Economics Working Paper Series, Edith Cowan University, 1999. Print.

Ripple, Ronald. “Uncertainty and Subsidy.” School of Finance and Business Economics Working Paper Series, Edith Cowan University, 1998. Print.

Ripple, Ronald. “Stochastic Dominance, Major Project Investment Analysis and the Range of Dominance.” School of Finance and Business Economics Working Paper Series, Edith Cowan University, 1998. Print.